| VERB | perception | excavate, unearth | recover through digging |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | excavate, dig up, turn up | find by digging in the ground | |
| contact | excavate | form by hollowing | |
| contact | excavate, dig, hollow | remove the inner part or the core of |
| Sounds | eh'kskahvey.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Recover through digging. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s Adjective | |
| Examples |
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| Synonym | unearth | |
| Narrower | dig, dig up, dig out | Remove, harvest, or recover by digging |
| Broader | bring out, unveil, reveal | make visible |
| Spanish | excavar | |
| Nouns | excavation | the act of digging |
| excavation | a hole in the ground made by excavating | |
| excavation | the site of an archeological exploration | |
| Meaning | Find by digging in the ground. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | dig up, turn up | |
| Narrower | disinter, exhume | dig up for reburial or for medical investigation |
| grub up, grub out | dig up | |
| nuzzle | dig out with the snout | |
| Broader | obtain | Come into possession of |
| Similar to | locate, turn up | Discover the location of |
| Spanish | desenterrar, encontrar, excavar | |
| Catalan | descolgar, desenterrar | |
| Nouns | excavation | the act of digging |
| excavation | a hole in the ground made by excavating | |
| excavation | the site of an archeological exploration | |
| Meaning | form by hollowing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Broader | hollow, hollow out, core out | Remove the interior of |
| Spanish | excavar | |
| Catalan | excavar | |
| Nouns | excavation | a hole in the ground made by excavating |
| excavator | a machine for excavating | |
| excavator | a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying | |
| Meaning | Remove the inner part or the core of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They excavate the trees | |
| Example | "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside" | |
| Synonyms | dig, hollow | |
| Narrower | drive | Excavate horizontally |
| trench, ditch | cut a trench in, as for drainage | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Spanish | cavar, excavar | |
| Catalan | cavar | |
| Nouns | excavation | the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth |
| excavation | a hole in the ground made by excavating | |
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